Improvement in steam-blowers



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JOSEPH SIMMONDS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND SAML. G. LAW, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN STEAM-BLOWERS. Y

Specilication forming part of Letters Patent No. 53,087, dated March 6, 1866.

, To all whom 'it 'may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH SIMMONDS, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Steam Blower and Ventilator; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthe specitcation, in which- Figure l represents a longitudinal vertical section of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to the arrangement of a steam blower or ventilator constructed on the principle of a Scotch turbine wheel, and t0 which motion is imparted by the action ot' steam let in through its hollow shaft and discharging through a series of arms which are connected by perforated pipes running parallel with the shaft, and also by plates of sheet metal which iill up the space between said arms, the wheel being made to revolve in a segmental chamber in such a manner that by the action of the steam a rapid revolving motion is imparted to the wheel or blower and a mixed current of steam and air is created which can be employed with good advantage under a furnace or for veutilating purposes.

A represents my steam blower or ventilator, which is composed of the hollow shaft a, from which projects one or more arms, b, as shown in the drawings. The outer ends of each pair of these arms are connected by pipes C, which run parallel to the shaft a, and the spaces between the arms b, pipes C, and shaft a are lled in by plates d, of sheet metal or other suitable material. The pipes O are perforated with a large number of holes, and when steam By this arrangement a powerful current ot' air mixed with steam is created, a-nd if the chamber is secured to thefron t plate of a boilerfurnace below the grate, as shown in the drawings, or under any other furnace, it tends to promote combustion much morethan a common blower. f

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A steam-blower constructed of a hollow shaft, a, with radiating arms b, and connecting-pipes C, in combination with wings 1,'substantia-lly as and for the purpose desired.

2. The segmental chamber B, in combination with a steam-blower constructed as and for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH SIMMONDS.

Witnesses:

R. W. DocKsoN, EDWARD Bos'roN. 

